Passed Over

  I already had this one titled, Easter in Paraphrase, when the mean streak passed over me, and this will be whatever it will be? One thing is certain, it is meant to be to the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today being Saturday, is the middle day, the day between his betrayal and death, culminating tomorrow, Easter Sunday, the day when he rises back to life, defeats death, not just for himself, but by defeating death, he holds the key to eternal life, and from that moment on, having endured all sin, all, meaning up to and including that point, all the way to this our time, for all time and forever more, He Jesus, is the Way to the Father, a way for perfection to abide with imperfection. The preparation for this three day event began officially when Jesus entered Jerusalem seated on the foal of a donkey, while people were lying their cloths and palm branches on the dirt road to the city's gate, to make clear the way for who even the rocks would have joined in hailing Him as King, Lord and Savior, the long awaited Messiah. A week later of course, these same revelers would choose Jesus to die rather than a renowned murderer . 

  So what's this really all about?, please make it as short and to the point as possible. So here is a synopsis, a blog length appeal to reach as many of you who will give ear. God is real! God is pure, perfect and incapable of error. Pure and perfect, meaning, not ninety nine and nine tenths perfect, but 100% perfect. To better understand the meaning and the necessity of the God/man Jesus, imagine God the Father as this perfectly clear beacon of the freshest, purest, coolest, and the best for you water that there is. If we, a people beaten up and ravished by life and all our bad decisions, our stubborn selfishness, who have never done anything as extreme as being a rapist or a killer, and so see ourselves as good enough? How else could we appear in this scenario next to this crystal beacon of purity if not as sloppy jars of ink. One tiny drip from an eye dropper of us into this liquid perfection would foul it. If ever there was a time for us to acknowledge and cry out to the eternal living God, it is at this time. What is needed then is a way, a bridge of sorts, something that would make it possible for the created to be with their creator. Our country and the whole world for a myriad of reasons, seems broken beyond repair. Something or someone much bigger than us needs to clean up this mess and return sanity while we still have enough breath to change things. We need a way to be forever in the safety of the God who loves us. Jesus is the Way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. Instead of another Easter egg hunt of more chocolate bunnies, how about we choose this year to acknowledge the reason for the holiday. We choose to honor the one who endured incredible abuse and pain, for us. You probably have never raped or killed anyone, and you probably think of yourself as a good person. But no matter how good you think about yourself, would any of you dare say that you are perfect? No, not one, for all fall short of perfection.  Hopefully you believe in God, the source of truth and a power much greater than yourself. Make this year the year when you humble yourself before him and thank Him for making life eternal available to you. Happy Easter